Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers Cultivar Jiggs

Jiggs is one of the most recent cultivars introduced in Brazil. It results from the selection of bermudagrass by a farmer in East Texas. With its high adaptation capacity, it has aroused the interest mainly of horse and cattle breeders.

Features:

• Perennial Plant;
• Intermediate sized;
• It forms a dense canopy;
• Thin leaves and stolons;
• Not much rhizome;
• Rapid initial growth;
• Fasciculated root system;
• In the dry matter, it has 20% to 22% crude protein;
• It is demanding in terms of soil fertility;
• It produces about 20 ton/ha/yr of dry matter;